International Entrepreneurship Case Study: Bill Gates and Microsoft

This case study examines Bill Gates's journey as an international entrepreneur, highlighting his early life, the establishment and growth of Microsoft, and his contributions to society through the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. It details Microsoft's key innovations and its impact on the software industry, as well as Gates's commitment to addressing global health and education challenges. The study references academic works on entrepreneurship and social entrepreneurship to contextualize Gates's achievements and provides a comprehensive overview of his influence on the world.

INTERNATIONAL
ENTREPRENEURSHIP

•Date of Birth: October 28, 1955
•Country of Birth: Seattle, Washington, United States
•Best Quote: If You Born Poor it's not Your Mistake, But if you
Die Poor it's Your Mistake
BILL GATES

Microsoft Company
•Establishment year: April 4, 1975 (Before 42 years)
Growth of Microsoft:
Aug. 24, 1995: Microsoft launches Windows 95
Feb. 17, 2000: Microsoft launches Windows 2000
July 20, 2004: Microsoft announces plans to return up to $75 billion to
shareholders in dividends and stock buybacks
Oct. 22, 2009: Microsoft launches Windows 7
July 29, 2015: Microsoft launches Windows 10
Dec. 8, 2016: Microsoft completes acquisition of LinkedIn

Bill Gate History
• Childhood: Belongs for middle family,
• Graduate from Lakeside school in 1973,
• Gates did not complete definite study
• Motivation: Motivated by Paul Allen,
• Use of computers and different softwares,
• Who influenced: Highly influenced by Paul Allen and formed
with him as a venture.

History of company
• Name of company: Microsoft
• Year of establishment: April 4, 1975.
• Number of employees: 114,000 up to June
30, 2016

Innovation
• Microsoft's Bill Gates lauds tech innovations
by young Kenyans
• Providing high features to consumers in
software industry.
• Offer micro computers

Socially
• Develop a vaccine for HIV and a cure for
neurodegenerative diseases
• Protect the world from future health epidemics
• Give every student and teacher new tools so all
students get a world-class education

Bill Gate and his wife foundation
 Name of the foundation: Bill & Melinda
Gates Foundation (BMGF)
 Type: Non operating private foundation
 Headquarter: Seattle, Washington, US
 Method of foundation: Donations and
Grants
 Number of employees: 1382.
 Area served: Worldwide